Africa-Press – Cape verde. The National Director of Maritime Policy said this Friday that the licensing of the Interilhas ship will give the public valid, regular and predictable options for the island of Maio, after the modernization of Porto Inglês. It will operate on the São Vicente/São Nicolau/Santiago route, and on the lines from Santiago to Maio and Fogo.In a press conference, Giliardo Nascimento confirmed that the company Polaris, owner of the Interilhas, sold its shares in the maritime transport concessionaire to the other national shipowners, leaving the company Cabo Verde Interilhas.
When asked if this decision will not bring damage to the State coffers, which has to pay the compensatory compensation to the maritime transport concessionaire, Cabo Verde Interilhas, which also travels on the same line and with similar schedules, he defended that “ when providing a public service, one cannot just focus on what the values are that may be involved”.
According to the same source, the highlight is the number of times that you will have a boat at the docks of Porto Inglês, instead of focusing on compensatory compensation.
According to Giliardo Nascimento, the ship will call São Vicente, São Nicolau and Santiago fortnightly, but concentrates most of its operations in the Sotavento islands.
Reinforcement of connection with May
Thus, he explained, it will also link Santiago to the islands of Fogo and Maio.
“A fixed weekly connection between Santiago and May, every Wednesday, and fortnightly will make the same connection, Santiago-May, on Fridays and Sundays. That is, a fixed trip between Santiago and Maio, per week, and two in two weeks, making three connections between these two islands”.
For Giliardo Nascimento, the interest of operators in making these lines demonstrates that there is a market to explore and this market will be even greater with the modernized port of Maio.
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